Current music: oakey leeds 2007
nyc & phila nightlife may 2008:
nyc & phila nightlife may 2008:
may 3 2008. started out the night at tribeca grand for gareth pugh's party. 2 mandy djs played some good stuff like 'buffalo stance' and maurice 'this is acid.' free drinks all night espec a pomegranite/strawberry/mint/vodka blast blend that was a little TOO tasty. guests incl cameron moir, sheal and greg krelenstein. I gave Tommy Saleh an original abstract geometric artwork. despite a fashion-y crowd I couldnt believe how boring it was & I had to force myself to stay an hour. stayed to 1230. 1-1/2 of 5 stars.
* next up to Roseland for a REAL party. Felix Hernandez' Rhythm Revue. the best soul music of the 60s-80s. its ridic how a gareth pugh party sounds good but is totally awful, and an under-ground party like Felix, which sells out Roseland 3500 8 times a year, is so great. all great tunes espec JBs Doing it to Death [12 minute version!!], "girl u need a change of mind," and Brenda Holloway 'now look what you done' . smokey, contours. thats real soul food. **** of 5 stars. stayed til 355.
** the same night billy carroll played cobalt at pure for 12 hrs. and hurrah was at medusa.
may 4 2008 junior vasquez was at cielo. I used to hear JR about once/month 5 years ago, now its once/year, he's 1 of the NY DJs I sincerely miss.
may 6 2008 M.A.N.D.Y. was at snacks at Woody's. hopefully we'll have more Snacks in 09, i know the club scene is looking a little levelled lately.
may 8 2008 the teenagers were at barbary. jesus another band that has 4 months of fame & disappears. in prehistoric times there were the beatles & the yardbirds, ever heard of em??
* the same night nigel richards was at fluid. what happened to josh winx' fluid monthly??
may 9 2008 peter bailey was at pacha 1 of america's most forward looking tech tribal djs. the teenagers were at northstar bar. nigel richards was at shampoo.
may 10 2008 khyber for girlfriend in a coma. a totally mediocre smiths cover band. best songs handsome devil, suedehead, wm. boy with thorn. heaven knows. sunday. chris wears kitty tee. upstairs: robotique djs. best songs intruders I'll always love my mama.' and 'the love I lost rmx. **3/4 khyber's a pretty average club at best.
* then national mechanics belle & sebastian tribute. I HATE B&S. 0* of 5 stars s wells dj'ed. market st/2nd at 230 am .
* and the shakedown was at barbary.
may 13 2008 I bought a 2 bedroom apartment on rittenhouse square/walnut where I now live.
may 15 2008 bloody social was at hiro. I hear Jaime's band is now "Burke." I do not expect big things.
may 16 2008. making time 8th anniversary at pure. cut copy headlined they blew the roof off. ****1/2. like omd new order rave catchy pop & Live breakdowns.
black kids opened, I used to like them. **** fun bubblegum like virgins, orange juice..
mobius band opened, now Im a huge fan of theirs ***. bought their "heaven" LP.
DJ trax: brown sugar, black dog downstairs. 'smack my bitch up' main floor. nu shooz? 'i cant wait.' met rob from bny surprise. buy cut/copy tee. ***1/2+ of 5 stars
* same night MSTRKRFT was at webster hall. and robotique at medusa.
may 18 2008 hot peas soul party at silk city. once again tragic that essential soul music hardly lives in phila in 2009.
* and junior vasquez was at cielo. '
may 20 2008 get smart at barbary cheers to noah & ash.
may 21 2008 cielo with louis vega & tony humphries: you either know, or you DONT KNOW!!
may 22 2008 danny tenaglia at cielo. the last 2 DT sets I caught, at cielo & pacha were off the hook- he is a living NY treasure.
may 23 2008 turnaround vs immediate! my 1st time at this ESSENTIAL barbary party. big ups to russ & gregg. THIS is the funky soul upon which philadelphia was built the last 40 years !!!! reeeespecttttt!!!. guest dj spank rock. guests: sweet ass bridget. bridget-foy. ashley. top tracks tears ofva clown. mother popcorn. miss you. land 10000 dances. GREAT music great party great vibe **** vinnie barkeep triumph tee. rocksteady. mother popcorn. doin it to death. tighten up pt II. grapevine. funky st. shotgun. you can make it if u try. look out here I come. superfly. do the popcorn. j5 sugar daddy. ashley. get ready. rox. get up offa thang. miss you. brown sugar. no mountain high. tears clown. tainted love. you cant hurry love. to 150
* the same night harley & the night was at murcury lounge.
* started out the night restless leg syndrome at m room. also biker bar & j brendas.
may 24 2008 exacta was at pacha. carl michaels was at pure.
may 25, 2008 body & soul was at webster hall. and denny le nimh & the shapes were at le royale.
may 28 2008 josh wink was at fluid. what happened to this monthly ?? dr. dog was at johnny brenda's.
may 29 2008 oscar g was at cielo.
may 30 2008 ruff club at annex. poss the only good weekly left over the last year? this was my farewell party after 45 years living in nyc!! saw ciara nugent drunk on spring. dj carmine filthy. best song: bucketheads 'the bomb.' nice to see: felipe. court. denny. spencer. gave him andy most wanted 1964. mic. felipe. sophia. ian. kari. danzie. 'back seat of my car' stayed 1130-4 am ***1/2 of 5 stars.
* misshapes were in wash dc. dave p was at click at fluid.
may 31 2008 live forever was at barbary. and tiswas was at its end at annex.
the best 45 was morrissey 'all you need is me.'
the best stores were clearly first & st james on madison ave. and state news on 3rd ave.
the best radio was WOGL oldies.
my horoscope lucky colours in InTouch magazine included gold, & pink.
a very odd film was harmony korine's mr lonely.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
nyc nightlife june 1994 - 15 years ago this month
nyc nightlife june 1994 - 15 years ago this month
june 20, 1994 i saw lloyd cole solo acoustic at mercury lounge. hi-lites incl. unhappy song. undressed. a long way down. new baby blues [?]. waterloo sunset. brand new friend and some leonard cohen, famous blue raincoat. kinks waterloo sunset, these are apparently among his first solo shows ever. photographer lynn goldsmith was shooting next to me.
june 23 1994 i had a photo shoot with european socialite melanie hennessey. look her up.
june 26, 1994 i saw king sunny ade in central park at summer stage. dr janet linda & I shot a 'weather report' tv show near the bandshell on a beautiful summer day with sun green trees light & shade.
popular films in june 1994 incl the pick up artist.
my favourite tv show in june 1994 was AAA wrestling on galavison
my business meetings for june 1994 incl bowles/sorokko galleries in soho, see the leroy neinman & lee majors photos in my albums
may/ june 1994 - I spent most of may & june 1994 in firenze italy, also visiting roma, fiesole pratolino.
june 6, 1994: here's lloyd cole's set list at slim's sf:
four flights up
sentimental fool (new song at the time)
my way to you
charlotte street
no blue skies
don't look back
mr. malcontent
famous blue raincoat (Cohen)
happy for you (new song at the time)
butterfly
baby (new song at the time)
mainstream
wild mushrooms
forest fire
are you ready to be heartbroken?
undressed
a long way down
2CV
pay for it
unhappy song (new song at the time)
jennifer, she said
waterloo sunset
so you'd like to save the world
brand new friend
june 7 1994: here's lloyd cole's set list in valencia ca
four flights up
unhappy song
long way down
undressed
she's a girl & I'm a man
waterloo sunset
famous blue raincoat
mr. malcontent
down on mission st (as requested by me)
are you ready to be heartbroken?
Currently listening :
Lloyd Cole
By Lloyd Cole
Release date: By 16 March, 1990
june 20, 1994 i saw lloyd cole solo acoustic at mercury lounge. hi-lites incl. unhappy song. undressed. a long way down. new baby blues [?]. waterloo sunset. brand new friend and some leonard cohen, famous blue raincoat. kinks waterloo sunset, these are apparently among his first solo shows ever. photographer lynn goldsmith was shooting next to me.
june 23 1994 i had a photo shoot with european socialite melanie hennessey. look her up.
june 26, 1994 i saw king sunny ade in central park at summer stage. dr janet linda & I shot a 'weather report' tv show near the bandshell on a beautiful summer day with sun green trees light & shade.
popular films in june 1994 incl the pick up artist.
my favourite tv show in june 1994 was AAA wrestling on galavison
my business meetings for june 1994 incl bowles/sorokko galleries in soho, see the leroy neinman & lee majors photos in my albums
may/ june 1994 - I spent most of may & june 1994 in firenze italy, also visiting roma, fiesole pratolino.
june 6, 1994: here's lloyd cole's set list at slim's sf:
four flights up
sentimental fool (new song at the time)
my way to you
charlotte street
no blue skies
don't look back
mr. malcontent
famous blue raincoat (Cohen)
happy for you (new song at the time)
butterfly
baby (new song at the time)
mainstream
wild mushrooms
forest fire
are you ready to be heartbroken?
undressed
a long way down
2CV
pay for it
unhappy song (new song at the time)
jennifer, she said
waterloo sunset
so you'd like to save the world
brand new friend
june 7 1994: here's lloyd cole's set list in valencia ca
four flights up
unhappy song
long way down
undressed
she's a girl & I'm a man
waterloo sunset
famous blue raincoat
mr. malcontent
down on mission st (as requested by me)
are you ready to be heartbroken?
Currently listening :
Lloyd Cole
By Lloyd Cole
Release date: By 16 March, 1990
Monday, May 18, 2009
nyc nightlife in may 1999- 10 years ago this month
nyc nightlife in may 1999- 10 years ago this month
may 6, 1999 beavher was at coney island high for a few months. BeavHer at Don Hill's was among my favourite 90s NY weeklies.
* and alex english's broadcast party debuted at bar 13. djs like alex english, michael T & voodooru made it a happening scene for a couple of years. In 2009, Hiro's GBH Thursday night is in many ways a descendant of "Broadcast."
may 7, 1999 carl cox headlined twilo with his ultimate base monthly residence. coxy would typically play a 7 or 8 hour set and several of coxy sets in this era rank with the greatest dj sets Ive heard in decades of nightclubbing. and coxy can still do it, his april 2006 crobar set was the best set ive heard that year, the only set I rated ***** of 5 stars this year. And in may 2009 I'll be checking out Coxy at Borgata this week-end. Does he swtyill have it. I would wager- yes!
may 12, 1999 ON! at Club Life on Bleecker Street was 1 of the best parties weekly, every wednesday night with a live band, 60s & BritPop sounds, and excellent lights & special effects. may 12 bebe buell played [former playboy playmate & ford model] and her set included a cover of the UnderTones 'teenage kicks.' guests incl. don hill, justine d, and anna, scott & danny from NJ. top tunes incl. jimi all along the watchtower, beatles daytripper, smiths heaven knows Im miserable, who pictures of lily, blondie maria, stone roses 1 love, grassroots midnight confessions, and the american breed's 'bend me shape me.' ***1/2 of 5 stars.
* the same night mark lewis' amazing new pop jet headlined elbow room with suzy easy score & lucy woodworth supporting & karaoke afterwards.
may 13, 1999 I went to the 2nd night of broadcast, hosted by alex kingsize [alex english], michael T, voodooru & Joe II. top tunes incl carl douglass kung fu fighting, new order ceremony, rod's d'ya think Im sexy, frankie valli grease, and yvonne elliman if I cant have you. *** of 5 stars.
may 20, 1999 broadcast 3rd night with guests justine d, kathleen & jenny from NJ. top tunes DM strangelove, smiths how soon is now, psb west end girls, expose point of no return, eddy grant electric ave, & madonna borderline.
* the same night 'the shout people' presented the bounce at the cooler with the blow ups, aerial love feed & the optic nerve. the bloowups are now harley & the night, and alf is rockethouse - 2 of nyc's greatest 21st century bands, still !!
may 22, 1999 st etienne played irving plaza with kid loco opening up. with the foxbase alpha reissues upcoming, hopefully we'll get the 'Ets back in Philadelphia & NY real soon!!
may 27, 1999 broadcast week 4 with guests keith and chris from staten, michael lamorte, and rui dj-ing. top tunes incl. blondie dreaming, st etienne lose that girl, bowie young americans, suede shes in fashion, beatles sgt pepper. and something by dubstar. ***1/2 of 5 stars.
may 29, 1999 the chemical bros & happy mondays played hammerstein ballroom. best mondays show I ever saw? "From Manchester with love' Sound Factory 1990 !!!
may 30, 1999 memorial day weekend shout! at bar 13 with guests kathleen 1&2, christine, big Bob from don hill's, jenna joost from satchem, LI, and fernando & nancianne from staten. top tunes beatles taxman, sam/dave hold on Im coming, & edwin starr 25 miles ***1/2 of 5 stars.
* the same night jeff mills was at twilo. twilo's been closed since about 2001. it reopened as Spirit. and now its closed
* my favourite sneakers in may 1999 were black adidas gazelles with white stripes. summer 2009 Im all about the classic original canvas tretorns in both navy & white.
may 6, 1999 beavher was at coney island high for a few months. BeavHer at Don Hill's was among my favourite 90s NY weeklies.
* and alex english's broadcast party debuted at bar 13. djs like alex english, michael T & voodooru made it a happening scene for a couple of years. In 2009, Hiro's GBH Thursday night is in many ways a descendant of "Broadcast."
may 7, 1999 carl cox headlined twilo with his ultimate base monthly residence. coxy would typically play a 7 or 8 hour set and several of coxy sets in this era rank with the greatest dj sets Ive heard in decades of nightclubbing. and coxy can still do it, his april 2006 crobar set was the best set ive heard that year, the only set I rated ***** of 5 stars this year. And in may 2009 I'll be checking out Coxy at Borgata this week-end. Does he swtyill have it. I would wager- yes!
may 12, 1999 ON! at Club Life on Bleecker Street was 1 of the best parties weekly, every wednesday night with a live band, 60s & BritPop sounds, and excellent lights & special effects. may 12 bebe buell played [former playboy playmate & ford model] and her set included a cover of the UnderTones 'teenage kicks.' guests incl. don hill, justine d, and anna, scott & danny from NJ. top tunes incl. jimi all along the watchtower, beatles daytripper, smiths heaven knows Im miserable, who pictures of lily, blondie maria, stone roses 1 love, grassroots midnight confessions, and the american breed's 'bend me shape me.' ***1/2 of 5 stars.
* the same night mark lewis' amazing new pop jet headlined elbow room with suzy easy score & lucy woodworth supporting & karaoke afterwards.
may 13, 1999 I went to the 2nd night of broadcast, hosted by alex kingsize [alex english], michael T, voodooru & Joe II. top tunes incl carl douglass kung fu fighting, new order ceremony, rod's d'ya think Im sexy, frankie valli grease, and yvonne elliman if I cant have you. *** of 5 stars.
may 20, 1999 broadcast 3rd night with guests justine d, kathleen & jenny from NJ. top tunes DM strangelove, smiths how soon is now, psb west end girls, expose point of no return, eddy grant electric ave, & madonna borderline.
* the same night 'the shout people' presented the bounce at the cooler with the blow ups, aerial love feed & the optic nerve. the bloowups are now harley & the night, and alf is rockethouse - 2 of nyc's greatest 21st century bands, still !!
may 22, 1999 st etienne played irving plaza with kid loco opening up. with the foxbase alpha reissues upcoming, hopefully we'll get the 'Ets back in Philadelphia & NY real soon!!
may 27, 1999 broadcast week 4 with guests keith and chris from staten, michael lamorte, and rui dj-ing. top tunes incl. blondie dreaming, st etienne lose that girl, bowie young americans, suede shes in fashion, beatles sgt pepper. and something by dubstar. ***1/2 of 5 stars.
may 29, 1999 the chemical bros & happy mondays played hammerstein ballroom. best mondays show I ever saw? "From Manchester with love' Sound Factory 1990 !!!
may 30, 1999 memorial day weekend shout! at bar 13 with guests kathleen 1&2, christine, big Bob from don hill's, jenna joost from satchem, LI, and fernando & nancianne from staten. top tunes beatles taxman, sam/dave hold on Im coming, & edwin starr 25 miles ***1/2 of 5 stars.
* the same night jeff mills was at twilo. twilo's been closed since about 2001. it reopened as Spirit. and now its closed
* my favourite sneakers in may 1999 were black adidas gazelles with white stripes. summer 2009 Im all about the classic original canvas tretorns in both navy & white.
Monday, May 4, 2009
: Media #21/ Aerobics Workout/ Andy Warhol Museum"
: Media #21/ Aerobics Workout/ Andy Warhol Museum"
"Media 21/Aerobics Workout" a media & video deconstruction show filmed between May 23, 1994, and June 21, 1994.
Here are the main topics & themes
Newspaper Deconstruction: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis had just died, and my Weather Report segment from May 23, 1994 serves as a memorial and tribute to her, using various newspaper images and headlines from the Daily News, the Post, and the Times. The same week, the Andy Warhol Museum had just opened in Pittsburgh, PA, gleaning many newspaper headlines & stories including Liza Minelli, Marilyn, and Brillo in the Village Voice 5/24/94. Warhol's great film "Empire" in the Voice 4/5/94. Ann Landers in the Daily News from 5/16/94 with a banana split headline, On 5/26/94, warhol was on Pg. 1 of the NY Times not for his museum, but because of a huge lawsuit by his estate that his finances had been mis-managed. Patric walker, the NY Post's genius astrologer. The comic Meet Mr. Luckey from the Daily News. Hilton Kramer's NY Times deconstruction "Times Watch" from the Post's editorial pages.
POP Art: besides Andy Warhol stories, quite a few POP art signifiers are featured, including the National Enquirer tabloid's Lucky Blue Dot, a doll & commemorative plate of Elvis Presley from his 1968 comeback special, US stamps incl. roses, pinecones. Snapple Iced Tea including flavours banana nectar, mango, & old fashioned iced tea. A clip from the cable TV show "Grandma's Homemade Cheese" also features Snapple in a bit of a Weather Report symbology double or triple whammy. Spiderman in the Daily News full colour Sunday comic. Iced teas from Tetley & Lipton. Capuccino. A Grizzly bear beer stein! Campbell's soup. Sprite. Seagram's seltzer water. Canada Dry seltzer. The sleeve for Blur's new 45 "Girls & Boys" from Parklife, which wopuld catapult them to superstar status as the year progressed. The Flintstones. Spirit Soap. famous Amos' chocolate chip/pecan cookies.
Aerobics Workout: Probably the highlight of this episode is an aerobics workout led by the gorgeous model & actress Adelita Bonnicci, who was obsessed with working out in the summer of 1994. She was kind enough to lead an aerobics workout session on video for us on the afternoon of 6/17/94, in her skimpy leotard, shaking her stuff to the music of Suede, I think youll agree Adelita truly is a "leotard fantastique" come to life.
Fashion Models/Actresses/Film: This episode highlighted some of the top models of 1994 as seen in W & Harper's Bazaar, incl. Kate Moss [!], Christy Turlington, Amber Valetta and Bridget Hall. our favourite Shannon Doherty in the film "Blindfiold" reviewed 6/3/94. Shannen's father Tom for father's day. Heather Locklear. Steven gaines wroteb a Calvin Klein bio that was previewed on 6/17/94. Alec Baldwin's film "The Spirit" opened: of course the Weather show was called "The Spirit" from 1989-93.
Weather headlines: Traffic Weather in the daily News 6/3/94. A bizarre poem from the Village Voice 6/5/94 "Tonya Harding & the Weather" which seemed oddly cognizant of recent themes from our Voice-deconstructing TV show. A NY Times arts & Leisure headline from 6/21/94 "Stone Temple Pilots: Rock's Weather Vanes" which also seems to resonate with the name of our band, the Weather Vains.
Sports: the NY Rangers at last won the Stanley Cup after a drought of almost 80 years. this was front-page news & celebrated all over NYC on 6/17/94 A preview of the 1994 World Cup.
If that sounds like a lot in 29 minutes, It Is!! But I think youll agree youve never seen any newspaper/media deconstruction TV show quite like the Weather Report. I think youll also agree that these themes of Andy Warhol, POP art, top models, extreme weather, sodas, seltzers & teas, and hollywood stars in tabloid magazines, have only grown in interest popularity & cultural landmarks. Be There!!
"Media 21/Aerobics Workout" a media & video deconstruction show filmed between May 23, 1994, and June 21, 1994.
Here are the main topics & themes
Newspaper Deconstruction: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis had just died, and my Weather Report segment from May 23, 1994 serves as a memorial and tribute to her, using various newspaper images and headlines from the Daily News, the Post, and the Times. The same week, the Andy Warhol Museum had just opened in Pittsburgh, PA, gleaning many newspaper headlines & stories including Liza Minelli, Marilyn, and Brillo in the Village Voice 5/24/94. Warhol's great film "Empire" in the Voice 4/5/94. Ann Landers in the Daily News from 5/16/94 with a banana split headline, On 5/26/94, warhol was on Pg. 1 of the NY Times not for his museum, but because of a huge lawsuit by his estate that his finances had been mis-managed. Patric walker, the NY Post's genius astrologer. The comic Meet Mr. Luckey from the Daily News. Hilton Kramer's NY Times deconstruction "Times Watch" from the Post's editorial pages.
POP Art: besides Andy Warhol stories, quite a few POP art signifiers are featured, including the National Enquirer tabloid's Lucky Blue Dot, a doll & commemorative plate of Elvis Presley from his 1968 comeback special, US stamps incl. roses, pinecones. Snapple Iced Tea including flavours banana nectar, mango, & old fashioned iced tea. A clip from the cable TV show "Grandma's Homemade Cheese" also features Snapple in a bit of a Weather Report symbology double or triple whammy. Spiderman in the Daily News full colour Sunday comic. Iced teas from Tetley & Lipton. Capuccino. A Grizzly bear beer stein! Campbell's soup. Sprite. Seagram's seltzer water. Canada Dry seltzer. The sleeve for Blur's new 45 "Girls & Boys" from Parklife, which wopuld catapult them to superstar status as the year progressed. The Flintstones. Spirit Soap. famous Amos' chocolate chip/pecan cookies.
Aerobics Workout: Probably the highlight of this episode is an aerobics workout led by the gorgeous model & actress Adelita Bonnicci, who was obsessed with working out in the summer of 1994. She was kind enough to lead an aerobics workout session on video for us on the afternoon of 6/17/94, in her skimpy leotard, shaking her stuff to the music of Suede, I think youll agree Adelita truly is a "leotard fantastique" come to life.
Fashion Models/Actresses/Film: This episode highlighted some of the top models of 1994 as seen in W & Harper's Bazaar, incl. Kate Moss [!], Christy Turlington, Amber Valetta and Bridget Hall. our favourite Shannon Doherty in the film "Blindfiold" reviewed 6/3/94. Shannen's father Tom for father's day. Heather Locklear. Steven gaines wroteb a Calvin Klein bio that was previewed on 6/17/94. Alec Baldwin's film "The Spirit" opened: of course the Weather show was called "The Spirit" from 1989-93.
Weather headlines: Traffic Weather in the daily News 6/3/94. A bizarre poem from the Village Voice 6/5/94 "Tonya Harding & the Weather" which seemed oddly cognizant of recent themes from our Voice-deconstructing TV show. A NY Times arts & Leisure headline from 6/21/94 "Stone Temple Pilots: Rock's Weather Vanes" which also seems to resonate with the name of our band, the Weather Vains.
Sports: the NY Rangers at last won the Stanley Cup after a drought of almost 80 years. this was front-page news & celebrated all over NYC on 6/17/94 A preview of the 1994 World Cup.
If that sounds like a lot in 29 minutes, It Is!! But I think youll agree youve never seen any newspaper/media deconstruction TV show quite like the Weather Report. I think youll also agree that these themes of Andy Warhol, POP art, top models, extreme weather, sodas, seltzers & teas, and hollywood stars in tabloid magazines, have only grown in interest popularity & cultural landmarks. Be There!!
Monday, April 27, 2009
nyc nightlife in april 1999- 10 years ago
nyc nightlife in april 1999- 10 years ago
nyc nightlife in april 1999- 10 years ago
march 30, 1999 I saw BLUR at roseland on their "13" LP tour. I thought it was an excellent show & the "13" LP really holds up, especially Graham's great 45 'coffee & TV." the other day at La.Va. cafe on south st & 21st, Adam played the "Blur" LP and that 1 held up great too - AND Blur is reforming for some gigs this summer! I hope they play USA too + a new LP w/ Graham !!
april 2, 1999 I went to squeezebox at don hill's for mark lewis' supersonic New Pop Jet. also support from Smitty's, the Friggs & Theo from Lunachicks. Top tunes from DJ Jayne County incl. stones' starfucker, bowie diamond dogs, brother louis by stories, derringer rock & roll hoochie coo, and BOC dont fear the reaper. debbie harry was in attendance. You might have heard of the Mis-Shapes and MotherF****r parties - both were heavily indebted to Squeezebox- in fact some might say that SqueezeBox was the originator, and the others were short-lived versions. Could be.
* I also was over at sway with michael lamorte from Fictura.
april 3, 1999 tiswas at don hill's with mooney suzuki headlining & support from bianca & bunsen honeydew. guests incl anna & scott from nj, keith ozar, and pedro from shout! top tunes from nick incl. archie bell's tighten up, booker t green onions, stardust's music sounds better, and the smiths wm it was really nothing. Nick's got a great playlist, I(m less inclined to visit Webstar Hall than Don Hill's, howevs...
* heres mooney's set list: make my way. i say i love you. boy dont cry. half my heart. oh no. tell me why. my dear persephone. heart attack blackout. hopt. blue sky black. love is a gentle.
I have a couple of Mooney's 7" vinyl 45s. You??
april 14, 1999 kula shaker played mercury lounge. omg britPop flash-back lool.
april 15, mojave 3 and gomez played mercury. M3 was a great band !!
april 17, 1999 tiswas at don hills featured the realistics, the humans, and smittys. guest incl. mike & chris from fictura, anna, kathleen, steve from shout! & nanci from staten island. top tunes from nick incl: grassroots'
midnight confessions, style council my ever changing moods, smiths panic, charlatans white shirt, jumping jack flash, jb night train, pretty in pink, & the mooneys my darling persephone.
the realistics. 1-time 'nyc rock revolution' hopefuls. now a joke punch-line. whoops.
april 28, 1999 ON! was at Life on bleecker street, a great psychedelic freakout party with guests melanie & kathleen, nick p from HQ, and MFer hostess justine d. top tunes included bad company, stills' love the 1 your with, & paperback writer. ON! was definitely a highlight of late 90s nyc clubbing. spa/plaid never matched its wednesday night colour or widescreen energy. Life is back as 'Le Poisson Rouge." Havent been yet --
popular clubs in april 1999 included karaoke at the elbow room on weds, the cooler on west 14th st [before meat packing was ruined by clubhs like 1Oak], vinyl/nasa [closed 5+ years ago]. Life, twilo [became spirit, now closed], idlewild, sound factory [now pacha]. and the tunnel. interesting how the top clubs of 1999 are a distant memory now, eh?
* my favourite radio stations in april 1999 were CBS-fm's oldies & the new jammin 105 soul classics format.
* my fave cds in april 1999 were paul oakenfold's 2 year Cream residency, Blur's 13 & its 45 'tender.' suede's head music & 45 electricity would appear in may. the noise-pop elements of 'head music' were probably about 10 years ahead of their time ....
* my favourite new bands were scotland's idlewild & bijou phillip's id rather eat glass. bijou became a hollywood psycho burnout joke, and she never released another LP. Pity, her music is great but her immaturity forever doomed her acting/modelling.
** and april 30 1999 SUEDE played copenhagen denmark. heres the setlist as they toured the 'head music' lp: cant get enough. electricity. trash. she. everything will flow. ndian strings. beautiful ones. elephant man. down. hes gone. lazy. savoir faire. crack in union jack.
the suede shows I saw onj their first 3 LPs are among the greatest concerts I attended in the 1990s, particularly Coming Up at Supper Club.
nyc nightlife in april 1999- 10 years ago
march 30, 1999 I saw BLUR at roseland on their "13" LP tour. I thought it was an excellent show & the "13" LP really holds up, especially Graham's great 45 'coffee & TV." the other day at La.Va. cafe on south st & 21st, Adam played the "Blur" LP and that 1 held up great too - AND Blur is reforming for some gigs this summer! I hope they play USA too + a new LP w/ Graham !!
april 2, 1999 I went to squeezebox at don hill's for mark lewis' supersonic New Pop Jet. also support from Smitty's, the Friggs & Theo from Lunachicks. Top tunes from DJ Jayne County incl. stones' starfucker, bowie diamond dogs, brother louis by stories, derringer rock & roll hoochie coo, and BOC dont fear the reaper. debbie harry was in attendance. You might have heard of the Mis-Shapes and MotherF****r parties - both were heavily indebted to Squeezebox- in fact some might say that SqueezeBox was the originator, and the others were short-lived versions. Could be.
* I also was over at sway with michael lamorte from Fictura.
april 3, 1999 tiswas at don hill's with mooney suzuki headlining & support from bianca & bunsen honeydew. guests incl anna & scott from nj, keith ozar, and pedro from shout! top tunes from nick incl. archie bell's tighten up, booker t green onions, stardust's music sounds better, and the smiths wm it was really nothing. Nick's got a great playlist, I(m less inclined to visit Webstar Hall than Don Hill's, howevs...
* heres mooney's set list: make my way. i say i love you. boy dont cry. half my heart. oh no. tell me why. my dear persephone. heart attack blackout. hopt. blue sky black. love is a gentle.
I have a couple of Mooney's 7" vinyl 45s. You??
april 14, 1999 kula shaker played mercury lounge. omg britPop flash-back lool.
april 15, mojave 3 and gomez played mercury. M3 was a great band !!
april 17, 1999 tiswas at don hills featured the realistics, the humans, and smittys. guest incl. mike & chris from fictura, anna, kathleen, steve from shout! & nanci from staten island. top tunes from nick incl: grassroots'
midnight confessions, style council my ever changing moods, smiths panic, charlatans white shirt, jumping jack flash, jb night train, pretty in pink, & the mooneys my darling persephone.
the realistics. 1-time 'nyc rock revolution' hopefuls. now a joke punch-line. whoops.
april 28, 1999 ON! was at Life on bleecker street, a great psychedelic freakout party with guests melanie & kathleen, nick p from HQ, and MFer hostess justine d. top tunes included bad company, stills' love the 1 your with, & paperback writer. ON! was definitely a highlight of late 90s nyc clubbing. spa/plaid never matched its wednesday night colour or widescreen energy. Life is back as 'Le Poisson Rouge." Havent been yet --
popular clubs in april 1999 included karaoke at the elbow room on weds, the cooler on west 14th st [before meat packing was ruined by clubhs like 1Oak], vinyl/nasa [closed 5+ years ago]. Life, twilo [became spirit, now closed], idlewild, sound factory [now pacha]. and the tunnel. interesting how the top clubs of 1999 are a distant memory now, eh?
* my favourite radio stations in april 1999 were CBS-fm's oldies & the new jammin 105 soul classics format.
* my fave cds in april 1999 were paul oakenfold's 2 year Cream residency, Blur's 13 & its 45 'tender.' suede's head music & 45 electricity would appear in may. the noise-pop elements of 'head music' were probably about 10 years ahead of their time ....
* my favourite new bands were scotland's idlewild & bijou phillip's id rather eat glass. bijou became a hollywood psycho burnout joke, and she never released another LP. Pity, her music is great but her immaturity forever doomed her acting/modelling.
** and april 30 1999 SUEDE played copenhagen denmark. heres the setlist as they toured the 'head music' lp: cant get enough. electricity. trash. she. everything will flow. ndian strings. beautiful ones. elephant man. down. hes gone. lazy. savoir faire. crack in union jack.
the suede shows I saw onj their first 3 LPs are among the greatest concerts I attended in the 1990s, particularly Coming Up at Supper Club.
Monday, April 20, 2009
NYC NightLife, April 1994 !!!!
NYC NightLife, April 1994 !!!!
april 7, 1994 i went to the whitney museum where they had a month-long retrospective of andy warhol's black & white films. i saw the 'velvet underground & nico' film which is one long 30 minute jam as the band rehearses for the cameras with nico & her young son ari at the center. at the end the ny police come to shut them down due to noise complaints in the 47th st. neighbourhood of the factory. this is the single best performance video ive seen of the 60s velvets lineup, [most of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable VU films lack sound], also notable for the lengthy improvised jam which sounds somewhere between 'european son' & 'sister ray' but even more noise-based and lacking any kind of pop/song structure- its a throbbing feedback jam also closest to some of the long jams on robert quine's 3 cd VU cassette collection.
also shot video out side the museum with manhattan cable tv/downtown performance artist Nico Star, and Nick Zedd, the downtown filmmaker who used to provide films every Friday night at don hill's for the squeezebox party in the mid-90s.
april 8, 1994 kurt cobain committed suicide.
april 9, 1994 hung in central park with mark lipsitz of seed & razor & tie records; chris apflebaum, who directed paris hilton's stars are blind video!
april 14, 1994 back to the whitney for more warhol b&w films: 'haircut #1' with billy name, and 'eat' with robert indiana.
april 16, 1994 I saw the film 'backbeat' which chronicles the beatles early years in hamburg germany. sheryl lee is particularly good as photographer astrid kirchner. I also enjoyed the portrayals of stuart sutcliffe & john lennon. I also ran into robin williams as he exited the carlyle hotel on madison and 76th st.
april 22, 1994 i saw the charlatans at irving plaza with rob collins on keyboards. i also saw the charlies in 1990 at the marquee on the 'some friendly' tour! and later at the roxy with the dandy warhols opening up. and also at roseland with stereophonics.
tuesday, april 26, 1994 i met morrissey for the first time at tower records on west 4th st. moz was promoting his stunning vauxhall LP. I got to tower at 1 am on the early morning of the 26th. after waiting for 17 hours moz appeared at 6 pm and a rainshower immediately erupted,. soaking all of us who'd been waiting since early tuesday morning. jake took 2 pics of moz & me. . I chatted with moz & his best friend [on the payroll] jake about the photography on 'vauxhall,' and how i preferred jake's 'the more you ignore me' 45 sleeve to the final vauxhall cover. Moz signed my 'suedehead' 12" 'to clint with love & thanks morrissey" It was one of the greatest days of my life. And one of the best things that hapened to me in the 1990s. It may sound funny, but I swear meeting moz in april 1994 set me on a path of good luck that ran from the spring of 1994, when I visited Italy, through to the summer of 1999 - Im serious meeting moz gave me FIVE YEARS of good luck. I also met him for a 2nd time at Virgin union square when he was signing the 'oye esteban' DVD. justine delaney was also there - later known as nightlife model justine D. and my best Moz friend that night bwas jayanti tamm, who spent the first 25 years of her life as a disciple of sri chimnoy + just wrote a book about it, 'cartwheeling in saris.'
april 27, 1994 alan barcoff took me to the paramount theatre [now the theatre at msg] for the Source awards [alan asked john barrett & I to take photos for him of his many hiphop friends]. we met [the late] tupac shakur [!!], luke from 2live crew, run dmc, naughty by nature, queen latifah, heavy d, rosie perez, lisa lisa, and onyx. and the east coast-west coast feud was kicked into high gear with inflammatory remarks from snoop dogg & suge knight [re: p. diddy/babde boy] on stage which later ended up in the murders of tupac & biggie smalls. the april 1994 source awards was the first shot in this long simmering feud. subsequent feuds have incl fifty cent vs the game, and now fiddy vs officer ricky lool.
some of my favourite restaurants in april 1994 incl blimpie's on lex & 78th, & iammo bello on east 60th [heavenly baked ziti], both restaurants are now closed.
my favourite film in april 1994 was 'backbeat' an interesting history piece about the beatles 1961-63 hamburg Germany residency, stu sutcliffe, klaus vorman, & astrid kirchner.
some of my fave luchadores in april 1994 incl. blue panther, ultimo dragon, [the late] love machine art barr, hijo del santo and negro casas. my favourite TV shows incl. AAA lucha libre on galavision & melrose place.
my business meetings in april 1994 incl bowles/sorokko galleries on west broadway in soho. I worked for bowles for about 1 year selling the photos of sante d'orazio + some picasso etchings.
* I was also on manhattan cable TV weekly with 'the weather report' show. here are some topics for discussion, april, 1994. :
** #17 "Screen Test" April, 1994.
an episode filmed between April 5 and April 19, 1994. Here are the topics & themes covered on this spring, 1994
A Pop Art "Screen Test" for the beautiful dancer & actress Laura Adelita Bonnici, set to the music of Morrissey's 'why dont you find out for yourself' from "Vauxhall & I" which had been released that spring.
Cable TV host & downtown performance artist Nico Star & I visit the Whitney Museum, where we run into video artist & downtown fixture Nick Zedd, who provided films at Don Hill's Squeezebox club each Friday in the mid-90s. Nico & I reflexively shoot video & photos outside the whitney. the photos are shot with my nikon 35 mm camera. We also discuss: the velvet underground's european reunion & live LP, pavement , and nico paffgen.
Music News:
Kurt Cobain had just committed suicide &his memory is honoured with a variety of newspaper & magazine articles & illustrations. I also show a clip from my "Best of 1993" Awards show, citing Nirvana's "In Utero" as the #5 lp of 1993. Kurt articles from: ny times, post, nme, newsweek coverstory.
* deconstructing "Rolling Stone": chuck berry. kate moss. howard stern. nin. pavement.
Additional Newspaper/Magazine Deconstruction: daily news. ny times, post & ny press reviews for Morrissey's Vauxhall LP.
* 2 weeks of ny times images in 1 minute, almost.
Slideshow/photos: I present a multi-media slideshow segment showcasing these fine art photos of mine: : mr softee/banana split. papaya king 86th st. edie sedgwick. kate moss. nick zedd. mel ramos pop art paintings.
POP Art topics: sprite. twizzlers. hersheys chocolate. bananas in the financial times & dear abby. velvets, edie, warhol. I think youll agree the heavy dose of POP Art illustrations on this show including Andy Warhol, Edie, the Velvets & more is highly relevant in april 2009 as Edie & Warhol are being celebrated & referenced as never before.
Japanese tv/wrestling: jushin liger & [the late] chris benoit vs steiner bros. jodie foster tv commercial.
The Weather: letterman as 70s weatherman. cnn weather.
It's a lot of imagery & excitement for 29 minutes. Look forward to "The Weather Report NOW! 2009" on Comcast Cable TV, Philadelphia later in 2009 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
april 7, 1994 i went to the whitney museum where they had a month-long retrospective of andy warhol's black & white films. i saw the 'velvet underground & nico' film which is one long 30 minute jam as the band rehearses for the cameras with nico & her young son ari at the center. at the end the ny police come to shut them down due to noise complaints in the 47th st. neighbourhood of the factory. this is the single best performance video ive seen of the 60s velvets lineup, [most of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable VU films lack sound], also notable for the lengthy improvised jam which sounds somewhere between 'european son' & 'sister ray' but even more noise-based and lacking any kind of pop/song structure- its a throbbing feedback jam also closest to some of the long jams on robert quine's 3 cd VU cassette collection.
also shot video out side the museum with manhattan cable tv/downtown performance artist Nico Star, and Nick Zedd, the downtown filmmaker who used to provide films every Friday night at don hill's for the squeezebox party in the mid-90s.
april 8, 1994 kurt cobain committed suicide.
april 9, 1994 hung in central park with mark lipsitz of seed & razor & tie records; chris apflebaum, who directed paris hilton's stars are blind video!
april 14, 1994 back to the whitney for more warhol b&w films: 'haircut #1' with billy name, and 'eat' with robert indiana.
april 16, 1994 I saw the film 'backbeat' which chronicles the beatles early years in hamburg germany. sheryl lee is particularly good as photographer astrid kirchner. I also enjoyed the portrayals of stuart sutcliffe & john lennon. I also ran into robin williams as he exited the carlyle hotel on madison and 76th st.
april 22, 1994 i saw the charlatans at irving plaza with rob collins on keyboards. i also saw the charlies in 1990 at the marquee on the 'some friendly' tour! and later at the roxy with the dandy warhols opening up. and also at roseland with stereophonics.
tuesday, april 26, 1994 i met morrissey for the first time at tower records on west 4th st. moz was promoting his stunning vauxhall LP. I got to tower at 1 am on the early morning of the 26th. after waiting for 17 hours moz appeared at 6 pm and a rainshower immediately erupted,. soaking all of us who'd been waiting since early tuesday morning. jake took 2 pics of moz & me. . I chatted with moz & his best friend [on the payroll] jake about the photography on 'vauxhall,' and how i preferred jake's 'the more you ignore me' 45 sleeve to the final vauxhall cover. Moz signed my 'suedehead' 12" 'to clint with love & thanks morrissey" It was one of the greatest days of my life. And one of the best things that hapened to me in the 1990s. It may sound funny, but I swear meeting moz in april 1994 set me on a path of good luck that ran from the spring of 1994, when I visited Italy, through to the summer of 1999 - Im serious meeting moz gave me FIVE YEARS of good luck. I also met him for a 2nd time at Virgin union square when he was signing the 'oye esteban' DVD. justine delaney was also there - later known as nightlife model justine D. and my best Moz friend that night bwas jayanti tamm, who spent the first 25 years of her life as a disciple of sri chimnoy + just wrote a book about it, 'cartwheeling in saris.'
april 27, 1994 alan barcoff took me to the paramount theatre [now the theatre at msg] for the Source awards [alan asked john barrett & I to take photos for him of his many hiphop friends]. we met [the late] tupac shakur [!!], luke from 2live crew, run dmc, naughty by nature, queen latifah, heavy d, rosie perez, lisa lisa, and onyx. and the east coast-west coast feud was kicked into high gear with inflammatory remarks from snoop dogg & suge knight [re: p. diddy/babde boy] on stage which later ended up in the murders of tupac & biggie smalls. the april 1994 source awards was the first shot in this long simmering feud. subsequent feuds have incl fifty cent vs the game, and now fiddy vs officer ricky lool.
some of my favourite restaurants in april 1994 incl blimpie's on lex & 78th, & iammo bello on east 60th [heavenly baked ziti], both restaurants are now closed.
my favourite film in april 1994 was 'backbeat' an interesting history piece about the beatles 1961-63 hamburg Germany residency, stu sutcliffe, klaus vorman, & astrid kirchner.
some of my fave luchadores in april 1994 incl. blue panther, ultimo dragon, [the late] love machine art barr, hijo del santo and negro casas. my favourite TV shows incl. AAA lucha libre on galavision & melrose place.
my business meetings in april 1994 incl bowles/sorokko galleries on west broadway in soho. I worked for bowles for about 1 year selling the photos of sante d'orazio + some picasso etchings.
* I was also on manhattan cable TV weekly with 'the weather report' show. here are some topics for discussion, april, 1994. :
** #17 "Screen Test" April, 1994.
an episode filmed between April 5 and April 19, 1994. Here are the topics & themes covered on this spring, 1994
A Pop Art "Screen Test" for the beautiful dancer & actress Laura Adelita Bonnici, set to the music of Morrissey's 'why dont you find out for yourself' from "Vauxhall & I" which had been released that spring.
Cable TV host & downtown performance artist Nico Star & I visit the Whitney Museum, where we run into video artist & downtown fixture Nick Zedd, who provided films at Don Hill's Squeezebox club each Friday in the mid-90s. Nico & I reflexively shoot video & photos outside the whitney. the photos are shot with my nikon 35 mm camera. We also discuss: the velvet underground's european reunion & live LP, pavement , and nico paffgen.
Music News:
Kurt Cobain had just committed suicide &his memory is honoured with a variety of newspaper & magazine articles & illustrations. I also show a clip from my "Best of 1993" Awards show, citing Nirvana's "In Utero" as the #5 lp of 1993. Kurt articles from: ny times, post, nme, newsweek coverstory.
* deconstructing "Rolling Stone": chuck berry. kate moss. howard stern. nin. pavement.
Additional Newspaper/Magazine Deconstruction: daily news. ny times, post & ny press reviews for Morrissey's Vauxhall LP.
* 2 weeks of ny times images in 1 minute, almost.
Slideshow/photos: I present a multi-media slideshow segment showcasing these fine art photos of mine: : mr softee/banana split. papaya king 86th st. edie sedgwick. kate moss. nick zedd. mel ramos pop art paintings.
POP Art topics: sprite. twizzlers. hersheys chocolate. bananas in the financial times & dear abby. velvets, edie, warhol. I think youll agree the heavy dose of POP Art illustrations on this show including Andy Warhol, Edie, the Velvets & more is highly relevant in april 2009 as Edie & Warhol are being celebrated & referenced as never before.
Japanese tv/wrestling: jushin liger & [the late] chris benoit vs steiner bros. jodie foster tv commercial.
The Weather: letterman as 70s weatherman. cnn weather.
It's a lot of imagery & excitement for 29 minutes. Look forward to "The Weather Report NOW! 2009" on Comcast Cable TV, Philadelphia later in 2009 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
10 years ago in nyc nightlife- march 1999
10 years ago in nyc nightlife- march 1999
march 2, 1999 alex english's fab Til Tuesday party debuted at bar 13. opening night guest incl. kathleen & christine, nancy from staten, jenna from LI, chris court, & steve from shout! top tunes from alex's magic tables incl heaven knows im miserable now, st etienne who do you think you are, moz suedehead, and new order's subculture. in the last decade alex has become one of nyc's most familiar djs, operating out of the GBH stable. everyone else from that party disappeared and /or left town. weird eh??
march 4, 1999 beavher was at coney island high for a few months. guests this night incl. george gilson from athens, alice from nj & nico star's friend kim punkrock. beavher was 1 of nyc's best 90s parties at don hill's but frank always had potitical trouble keeping it going with don hill. so frankie gave up & moved to LA. its sad.
frankie's hits incl. devo uncontrollable urge, beatles tomorrow never knows, iggy's the passenger, rockwell somebodys watching me, bowie lets dance & young americans, smiths how soon is now, and night fever. also opening sets from bands finger 11, shades apart & picasso jones. brian was on the door. frank's music was great; its a shame his music could not survive in nyc.
march 6, 1999 tiswas at don's featured tripsonic, swimmer & orbis. later tis moved to annex- pretty bad. now its at webster hall. the jury is still out ....
march 13, 1999 tiswas featured an amazing set from mark lewis' new pop jet, also supercuz opening up, guests michael lamorte, anna & scott from NJ, keith ozar, and daniel from american pop. top trax incl chems leave home, dodgy good enuf, oasis some might say, new radicals you get what u give, monkees stepping stone, pulp do you remember the 1st time, smiths panic, blur shes so high, and stone roses elephant stone 12" . you cant argue with nick's britpop playlist, but other than mark lewis, nick, alex english & myself, no one from 10 years ago at don hills even goes out in 212 anymore. so lame
march 16, 1999 the 2nd til tuesday incl guests rob xian, will from the realistics, kerri black and the humans. lots of top trax from alex incl shes a rainbow [cover?], st ets like a motorway, psb i wouldnt normally, suede killing of a flashboy & animal lover , electronic disappointed, and moz the more you ignore me. alex english with the vital tracks ! happy birthday AE!
march 18, 1999 lloyd cole played solo acoustic at mercury lounge with philip foxman opening up. set list: unhappy song. i didnt know that you cared. chelsea hotel #2. imposible girl. youre a big girl now. that boy. sunday morning coming down. artificial tears- debut of this negatives bonus track. trigger happy. 4 flights up. waterline. 2cv. reason to believe [tim hardin]. these days [jackson browne]. brand new friend. girl of the north country. dont look back. forest fire. undressed. just an amazing set of originals + covers - lloyd is one of the greatest singer-song-writers ever and he's still doing it , since 1983 !!!!!!
march 19, 1999 coney island high featured a big lineup incl. insomniacs, mooney suzuki, bianca, ultra fine, & damn personals. big line up- for 1999!! coney closed a year or 2 after. mkooney suzuki prob sold about 60.000 CDs ever. and sdropped from every label they were on.
march 20, 1999 tiswas at don's with american pop, optic nerve & mantaray performing. top tunes from nick: new order temptation, jb sex machine, suede metal mickey, jumping jack flash & charlatans jesus hairdo. tiswas might have been better at coney island, but it sure was great in 1999 at dons !
march 25, 1999 perfecto at the bowery ballroom with paul oakenfold & dave ralphs. another transcendant night in oakey's golden 1999. oakey cant even be bothered to play ny even once a year in 2008/09. in 99 he came every 2,3 months. he seemed invincible in 99. now hes in the dustbin. hes playing atlantic city in june 2009- maybe I'll bring margaret mead with me to explain the locals loool.
march 26, 1999 jenna & I attended Blur's "13" record release party at limelight. many free drinks. then we went over to sway where nick marc was spinning. and then squeezebox at don's with white burning car, supla zoo, mistress formika with the squeezebox band & miss guy & jayne county dj-ing. my tune of the night was doobie bros. long train runnin' . squeezebox could hold its own as don hills greatest party ever, up there with beavher & tiswas. Blur. what a great band the last 20 years.
and even better in concert. and reformed with graham in summer 2009 yayyyy!!!!!!
Currently listening:
Coffee and TV, Pt. 1
By Blur
** carl cox live at velvet pt II / danny howells gu 027 Miami.
march 2, 1999 alex english's fab Til Tuesday party debuted at bar 13. opening night guest incl. kathleen & christine, nancy from staten, jenna from LI, chris court, & steve from shout! top tunes from alex's magic tables incl heaven knows im miserable now, st etienne who do you think you are, moz suedehead, and new order's subculture. in the last decade alex has become one of nyc's most familiar djs, operating out of the GBH stable. everyone else from that party disappeared and /or left town. weird eh??
march 4, 1999 beavher was at coney island high for a few months. guests this night incl. george gilson from athens, alice from nj & nico star's friend kim punkrock. beavher was 1 of nyc's best 90s parties at don hill's but frank always had potitical trouble keeping it going with don hill. so frankie gave up & moved to LA. its sad.
frankie's hits incl. devo uncontrollable urge, beatles tomorrow never knows, iggy's the passenger, rockwell somebodys watching me, bowie lets dance & young americans, smiths how soon is now, and night fever. also opening sets from bands finger 11, shades apart & picasso jones. brian was on the door. frank's music was great; its a shame his music could not survive in nyc.
march 6, 1999 tiswas at don's featured tripsonic, swimmer & orbis. later tis moved to annex- pretty bad. now its at webster hall. the jury is still out ....
march 13, 1999 tiswas featured an amazing set from mark lewis' new pop jet, also supercuz opening up, guests michael lamorte, anna & scott from NJ, keith ozar, and daniel from american pop. top trax incl chems leave home, dodgy good enuf, oasis some might say, new radicals you get what u give, monkees stepping stone, pulp do you remember the 1st time, smiths panic, blur shes so high, and stone roses elephant stone 12" . you cant argue with nick's britpop playlist, but other than mark lewis, nick, alex english & myself, no one from 10 years ago at don hills even goes out in 212 anymore. so lame
march 16, 1999 the 2nd til tuesday incl guests rob xian, will from the realistics, kerri black and the humans. lots of top trax from alex incl shes a rainbow [cover?], st ets like a motorway, psb i wouldnt normally, suede killing of a flashboy & animal lover , electronic disappointed, and moz the more you ignore me. alex english with the vital tracks ! happy birthday AE!
march 18, 1999 lloyd cole played solo acoustic at mercury lounge with philip foxman opening up. set list: unhappy song. i didnt know that you cared. chelsea hotel #2. imposible girl. youre a big girl now. that boy. sunday morning coming down. artificial tears- debut of this negatives bonus track. trigger happy. 4 flights up. waterline. 2cv. reason to believe [tim hardin]. these days [jackson browne]. brand new friend. girl of the north country. dont look back. forest fire. undressed. just an amazing set of originals + covers - lloyd is one of the greatest singer-song-writers ever and he's still doing it , since 1983 !!!!!!
march 19, 1999 coney island high featured a big lineup incl. insomniacs, mooney suzuki, bianca, ultra fine, & damn personals. big line up- for 1999!! coney closed a year or 2 after. mkooney suzuki prob sold about 60.000 CDs ever. and sdropped from every label they were on.
march 20, 1999 tiswas at don's with american pop, optic nerve & mantaray performing. top tunes from nick: new order temptation, jb sex machine, suede metal mickey, jumping jack flash & charlatans jesus hairdo. tiswas might have been better at coney island, but it sure was great in 1999 at dons !
march 25, 1999 perfecto at the bowery ballroom with paul oakenfold & dave ralphs. another transcendant night in oakey's golden 1999. oakey cant even be bothered to play ny even once a year in 2008/09. in 99 he came every 2,3 months. he seemed invincible in 99. now hes in the dustbin. hes playing atlantic city in june 2009- maybe I'll bring margaret mead with me to explain the locals loool.
march 26, 1999 jenna & I attended Blur's "13" record release party at limelight. many free drinks. then we went over to sway where nick marc was spinning. and then squeezebox at don's with white burning car, supla zoo, mistress formika with the squeezebox band & miss guy & jayne county dj-ing. my tune of the night was doobie bros. long train runnin' . squeezebox could hold its own as don hills greatest party ever, up there with beavher & tiswas. Blur. what a great band the last 20 years.
and even better in concert. and reformed with graham in summer 2009 yayyyy!!!!!!
Currently listening:
Coffee and TV, Pt. 1
By Blur
** carl cox live at velvet pt II / danny howells gu 027 Miami.
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